(_Jean Astruc_, “On Venereal Diseases,—Six books. In which is discussed the Origin, Propagation and Contagion of these Maladies generally; secondly the Nature, Etiology and Therapeutics of the same individually; together with a brief Analysis and Appreciation of most of the Works dealing with this Subject.” Paris 1736. XVIII, 20, 628, 50 pp. 4to. Paris (pirated edition, Bâle) 1738. 4to.—Translated by _Will. Borrowby_, Lond. 1737. 8vo.—_Second Edition_: “On Venereal Diseases,—IX books.” Paris 1740. 4to. Vol. I. pp. XXXVI, 608. (Contains also Dissertation I, “On the Origin, Nomenclature, Nature and Treatment of Venereal Diseases amongst the Chinese”, pp. DXXXVII-DLXVI). Vol. II. pp. 537-1196. (Our citations refer to this Edition).—Paris 1743, Vols. I-IV. 12mo. The first 4 books were translated into French by _Boudon_ and _Aug. Franc. Jault_. Paris. 1740. 12mo, Vols. I-III.—_Third Edition_ enlarged by _Jo. Astruc_ and _Ant. Louis_. Paris 1755. Vols. I-IV. 12mo. Pirated edition, at Venice 1760. 4to., with addition by _Gerardi van Swieten_, “Epistolae Duae de Mercurio sublimato” (Two Letters concerning Mercury Sublimate), and _Jos. Mar. Xav. Bertini_, “Diss. de usu Mercurii”. (Dissertation on the Use of Mercury).—Translated by _Sam. Chapmann_. Lond. 1755. 8vo.; in German by _Joh. Gottlob Heise_. Frankfort and Leipzig 1784, large 8vo.—_Fourth Edition_: Paris 1773. Vols. I-IV. 12mo.—_Fifth Edition_, edit. _Ant. Louis_. Paris 1777. Vols. I-IV. 12mo). To _Astruc_ belongs the credit of having been the first who began to collect on a comprehensive plan and to sift the material for a history of the Venereal Diseases that had been accumulating for Centuries. His historical results are imperfect and one-sided, in so far as they are directed solely to maintaining the American origin; but at the same time his chronological Review of the Writers from 1475 to 1740 is even now almost indispensable, as he gives comprehensive Extracts from all the Works that were at his disposal, that fill the whole of the second Volume of his Book. Down to _Hensler_, almost all later Historians owe to him their Bibliography of Authorities, though they are not always honest enough to specify the mine from which they drew their knowledge. According to _Bertrandi_, “Treatise on the Venereal Diseases”, transl. from the Italian by _C. H. Spohr_, Vol. I. p. 44. Note k., _Astruc_ has copied almost the whole of the first book of this Work, without naming the Author(!?), from: _Charles Thuillier_, “Observations sur les maladies vénériennes avec leur cure sûre et facile, lettres sur les accidents, l’origine et les progrès de la vérole,” (Observations on the Venereal diseases, with a sure and easy method of cure: Letters on the Symptoms, Origin and Progress of the Pox.) Paris 1707. pp. 211-261. 8vo.